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Nassau County Review
OfBcial Paper, Village d Freeport
FREEPORT, N. Y., FRIDAY, JANUARY 10, 1919
Vol. XXII, No. 2
THE FM DEPARTMENT
MaKMV al lataTMt to amd AbMt th* Flr*> ¦MB hi Onr Lmeal Dapmrtaame^
Br HU S. P.
On Thanday, Jan. 2, the following: offlcera were elected for the ensuint; year: Chi-f, William F. Valentine; foreman of H. and L-, H.uHarold Van Tayl; asaiatant foreman of H. and L., Balph Box; foreman of engrine and hoae. Shepherd Bartholomew; assist¬ ant foreman of enK>ne and hose, Wil¬ lard Young; ensineer, Walter Ash¬ down; lat asaiatant engineer, George E. Box; 2nd assistant engineer, James If. Seaman, jr.; recording secretary, Warren Jamey; financial sectetary, James M. Seaman, jr.; trustee for 3 yean, George E. Box; trustee for 2 yean, John T. Cowlea; chaplain, Wil¬ liam Towner.
every home-made pudding, every jar of jelly helps."
The Preeport Branch has been re¬ quested by the Chapter to send dona¬ tions to the Red Ci-oss Diet Kitchen on Mondays of each week and we are asking the people of Freeport to make donations of jellies or jams. They may be left at the Freeport Red Cross Truck 1 had invited Hose 4 to have I Rooms any diy during the week or at an "oyster stew" with them Tuesday I ^he home of Mrs. H. L. Maxson, 316 evening, and the Truck Company were | South Long Beach Avenue, or at the
RED CROSS NOTES
I Freeport Transplanted
i In Florida Tropics
A Viaitor in Weat Palm Beach Finda
"Lota" of Folka from thc Home
Town—Splendid Plaee—Bnt
Give for Our Sick Boys
The following communication haa come to us from the Nassaa County Chapter:
"At Hie Base Hospital, Camp Milla there are approximately 2,000 over¬ seas patients. This, of coarse, re¬ quires a large supply of invalid fortd which can only reach each individual This Unusually interesting write-up case of seriously ill boys if donated | of our Freeporters in Fldrida comes to through the dietitian in the Red Cros I hand. We are pleased to publish it Diet Kitchen. Every quart of milk, | just as it is, including the personal
NO PLACE LIKE LONG ISLAND
about ready for their visitors whe'.i the gong rang. "Barney" stuck to the oyster stews, and the boys finished them after the flre, but I for one am aleepy yet!
A Good Spirit! Finishing his detail at the fire Tues¬ day evening, and knowing how much lots of the men like to get hold of a cigarette after they have worked hard at a ftre, the writer secured a pack¬ age cigarettes and passed them out. Finding he had not enough, he went to the lunch wagon of Francis Smith, across on Church Street and secured aeveral packages more. The follow¬ ing night when I stopped in to pay for them, Mr. Smith wanted to know what I got them for. Upon being told, he refused payment, and said had he known that, he would have fumished more at the same price I
Unclaimed Letters
(Freeport i'oat Office) V Domeatic
Bentley, Miss Florence
Davis, M., 4 Pette Ave. ^
Davis, Miss, Pine St.
Edwards, Miss Faye Leflore
Elliott, "Red" Eskwise
Fitzgerald, Miss M.
Freeport Sales Co.
Higgenbotham, Mr. and Mrs. Earl
Hassard, Miss M. J., 84 Naasau Ave.
HiU, Mn. H. 1.
Kelly, John H.
Kelly, Mn. John
Langdon, Miss A.
MacGillway, Mrs. Maud
Maurer, Mr. Chai.
Newins, Ed.
Pierson, Mr. and Mra. Chaa.
Powers, Miaa S.
Parks, W. J.
Porter, Mn. E. S.
Ultley, Miss Laura
Bollina, Misa Marie, 496 Merrick Rd.
'Strume, Capt. Herman
Snjider, Mn. Cecil
Smith, Miss O. J.
Schurer, Arthur
Schneider, Edw.
Sentinel Index Co., 383 Grove St.
Smith, Miaa Maria
Wright, Mr. and Mn. T. P.
Tuthill A Thom
Wolf, Mr. & Mrs. Ernest ^
Foreign Post, Miss Ada Zimmermann, Miss Lillian
T. BENSON SMITH, P. M.
HIGH SCHOOL NOTES
4G. F. DuBois, our new superintend¬ ent, reached Freeport New Year's Day and has been staying with Principal Jennings. On Monday moming he addressed the High School students, aaying, among other things, tiktt his one motive is to do what was for the good of the schools.
The following program was given ' in Assembly Tueaday moming:
"A Christmas Preaent for a Lady," hy Hilda Bailey.
"A Christmaa Subatitute," by Helen Fox.
'Theodore Roosevelt's Last Words," by Irene Holland.
Tribute to Roosevelt, by Mr. Jen¬ nings.
•> In commemoration of Colonel Theo¬ dore Roosevelt, work waa auapended Wednesday afternoon at two o'clock and the achool assembled. A collec¬ tion of $28.11 was taken with which to purchase aome auitable object in hia memory. Superintendent DuBoia made an inapiring apeech and Florence Wells sang Rooaevelt'a favorite hymn, "How Firm a Foundation." School waa then diamissed for the remainder of the day.
Weekly Weather Report
(For our readen in other localitiee) (For our readen in other localitiea)
Friday, January 3, third day of rain, chahged to anow for few min¬ utea daring night; thermom. to 80 to 40.
Saturday, clear, cooler.
Sunday, clear, cool.
Monday, anow squall in a. m; clean before noon; squalla again at night.
Tueaday, nice clear weather, not too cold.
Wednesday, snowing slightly in a. B>.; clean in p. m.
Thuraday, overcast.
home of Mrs. A. T. Cfovison, 110 Pine Street. We also request donations of eggs or of money to buy eggs and milk. The nurse in charpe of the Red Cross Diet K«tchen will gladly make puddings of all supplies sent to iier and so with any money piven to us we will purchase supplies to make the food 90 much needed and ao much ap¬ preciated by our sick boys. Knitting The following communication has also been received from the Nassau County Chapter:
"A careful inventory has recently Been made in Red Cross work rooms throughout the entire country. A sup¬ ply of socks, sweaters, etc., sufficient in the judgment of the Department of Military Relief, to care for the pres¬ ent needof all men now in camps and for those retruning from the other side, has been set aside for the use of that department. The remaining stock will be tumed over to the De¬ partment of Forciim Relief for im¬ mediate shipment to France for the use of our men there and for deliv¬ ery to our foreign commissions for use in civilian relief work.
In order to secure more workera for the refugee garments, allotments of which are so urgently needed, the Red Cross will suspend knitting as one of the regrular production activities. ' All knitted articles now in process are to be finished but no additional yarn is to be given to workers." Sewen Needed
The Freeport Branch is swamped with work aent us by our Chapter. We still have 300 pairs of socks to dam en this week's allqtment to finish by Tuesday and also many refugee gar¬ ments to make.
We u^ge each woman in Freeport to come at least one moming or one af¬ temoon a week and do her part in the sewing so that our Freeport Branch ray finish each week the work sent to do and so that the garments so much needed in devastated Belgium and tn France may be made by us and sent to thetn.
note which accompanied it, and we v/ould add that wc appreciate most the writer's love for. Freeport:
January 5, 1919. Dear Smith:—
Thinking you might fmd some value in news of the Freeport colony in West Palm Beach I gathered a few names and facts and send them on. 1 had my pleasure and pay in writing it up. Use it or not as convenience dictates. I am at Miami for a few days. Will later go to Key West and Tampa and return home before February 1. Cordially, J. SIDNEY GOULD.
Thfre was a genuine s-urprise in
LOCAL TOPICS
It Mrttrahr .f ¦atvr.. m «ll1a«a affair.,
hy tha aUter.
Help! Municipal Ownerahip!
Can you imagine any institution but the United Statea Govemment mak¬ ing one pay 2c postage on a postal card, selling them lc cards and mak¬ ing them put the extra lc stamp on the cards themselves, instead of sell¬ ing 2c postals aa atipalated?
Now that the war is over and they really dare we are interested in not¬ ing German sympathizen stopping their subscriptions to papers who have called Huns Huns and German aoldiers murderen. We have lost three such subscriptions since January 1, and an¬ ticipate sevenl more.
Just to Set Things Right
Without going into details as to men and men, let me remark to thoae who have heard the absurd charge, and know me ao littl6 as to give.it credit, that the statement that I told a Freeport man that I would prefer to help the Jews than the Irish ia an en- store for the ^writer when he arrived tire fabrication. I did not on the day West Palm Beach, Fla., after a and at the timesreferred to, nor on
The Preeport Branch, American Red Croas, acknowledgea with thanks the following contributions which have been made during the past week:
Mn. I. Sekine (monthly) Mrs. Chas. Young (monthly) Mrs. Philip J. Coffey 500 Club, Mra. Johnson, treas.
$1.00 2.00 8.00 3.0c
strenuous arive down Ihe east coast from Jacksonville, a distance of 308 miles, by the Blue Book, covered by J. A. Asch in his Ford in a day and a half. Mr. Asch had motored from Freeport carrying nearly a thousand pounds of baggage all the way. Some of the big cars gave up in despair' among others, ex-Sheriff Pettit's big Nash, when they encountered Georgia mud, but not the Ford. It kept its reputation unsullied and came clear through. »
But the surprise came on the "morn-1 tions. ing after" when we began to stumble ] cnto Freeport people. First of all we found J. Allen Hunt and his son Fred occupying a \ery attractive property at 415 Okeechobee Ropd. Down here, where rents are overtopping, people manage to multiply rental opportuni¬ ties, so Mr. Hunt passed over tho cot¬ tage at the front to Mr. Asch and his iarp'lf. Then the cozy little three .m cottage half-way back was tumed over to Capt. Jacob Golder of South Main Street, Freeport, and his wife, who spend the next three months there with relatives from Queens.
Mr. Hunt took up residence in the sub-cottage at the back^
We found later over on Benton Street that Mrs. Smith and her daugh¬ ter. Miss Bessie Smith, also Freeport¬ ers, are building up the same sort of a renting proposition. Our small cot¬ tage ia now rented. The Smitha are living in a delightful small bungalow recently built, while a fine building site ia reserved for the bigger cottage at the front.
But these two enterprising families are not all the Freeporten in West Palm Beach.
Walking down the Okeechobee Road destined to be as aristocratic a road some day as Merrick Road is now, we came to a bold title over a cottage— "Freeport Lodge." We called t^ in¬ quire what Freeport was commemo¬ rated and we found it was our own which had figured fondly in the mem-
any other day at any other time, make any remark or any similar remark that could have been interpr^ed by any sober man as meaning anything of this kind. The only foundation for fact in the statement is that 1 did see- the man and on the day referred to, but unfortunately did not see him first and had to listen to his tirade. It makes me blush that anyone know¬ ing me would believe for an instant that I would have attempted to put up an argument under such condi-
Education ia a Wonderful Thing
From an advertisement signed New York Milk Conference Board:
"The milk distributers keep books They can produce records, accurately kept, that show the consumer just how every dollar, every cent, the consum¬ er pays is disbursed. Their records show what the mone^ is spent for and why it is spent, ahd they can show that during three months past it has cost more to put a bottle of milk in the consumer's home than the con¬ sumer was asked to pay for it."
Such bookkeeping!
Prepared Presents
at Christmas Time
Mrs. and Misa Cannan of 60 Brook¬ lyn Avenue wish to thank those who helped them in thmr Thanksgiving and Christmas work among our needy poor.
With the help of the Grove Street School four basketa of groceries and canned goods were given out for Thanksgbrtng.
Some of the young folka who helpt witb the Christmaa baakets were Clara and Mildred Mahnken, Mildred Morse, Dorothy and George Carman, Mary Bentley, Fred Homan, Helen Homan, Helen Peroni, and the following white ribbon recruits, who also made up a special basket: Raymond Pearsall,
Woric Progressing Nicely
at tbe Service Club
A number of additional neighbon have volunteered for. service at the Soldien and Sailon Club House, but all who can help can be used.
The work, too, is more interesting than ever. There is no use trying to dodge the "morale" question. The boys all want to get home now, and they are restless. That is where our part of the work comes in—to help them get their minds occupied some¬ where elae for a bit—do we succeed? Stop in and see for younelf—see our visitora entertaining our duty men.
Here is an instance. The writer dropped in the club rooms with his son. A soldier with a gold stripe on his arm asked how old he was and the following conversation ensued:
Soldier—I have a lad almost as old as him.
Civilian—What are you doii'g here with a familys at home ?
Soldier—I lost two brothers in thi.' fight and I wanted to get square. Civilian—Did you do it? Soldier—Yes! And now I want to j^pt home. ^
There was no elaboration or boast¬ ing. We tried to lead him out. He told us of the morale of the boys over there, how eager they were to get intn the real fighting, how they deserted rear lines and hospitals for the front, liut not a word about himself, except¬ ing that he had done what he set out for—and helped to make the Hun in¬ capable of hurting his little boy and girl waiting for him at Northport in far away Washington State, cs those vile soldiers of the Kaiser had done in Belgium and in France.
Another lad returned ofi the North¬ ern Pacific. He was limping from '.hrapnel in the heel and knee. He said he was one of the four who came bad. in his detachment and tho other three could net walk.
These arc the kind of boys who like to get down to our rooms and away from things military for a while. Did he mind sleeping in the police bar¬ racks. Not so you could notice it, after having laid with his face in thc mud to escape German kultur in the form of war gas!
Isn't it worth while to do all you can for those boys. We wish we could keep our room filled with smokes and nuts and fruits and eats all the time —we can whenever you help us out, by the way.
Work of Entertainment Committee
Following are the rules for dancing as promulgated by the entertainment committee. They are flexible enough to admit girls wishing to dance and are designed to protect them from as¬ sociation from those who cannot be ¦properly vouched for, or who will not abide by the rules. It might be in order to add that the primary object of theae dances is the, entertainment of the home-sick soldier and sailor lads, and the girls who wish to come with a soldier or sailor and dance with him all or most of the evening is no addition to the entertainment. She is in fact using the small dancing
Totel $14.00
Kindly make checks payable to
Freeport Branch, American Red
Cross, and send, to Mrs. Charles M.
Hart, Merrick Road, Freeport, L. I.
Boys' "Douglas" Shoes. Gun Metal Calf Bluchef lace, full toe, solid quar¬ ter, 'Neolin" sole. This style made special to our order in the "Douglass" factory. Sisea 9 to 18^, $4.00: sisea 1 to 6H, $4.50. Crevoiaent'a, 96 So. Main St.
The place to htxy eoal. Sinelalf Saynor, 8 No. llain St, telephone ia4 JPmport
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Notice of Meeting
The regular monthly meeting of the Soldien Welfare Association occurs Tuesday evening, January 14, at 8:30 o'clock at the Elks Club, Merrick Road, Freeport. ^
Alterations are being pushed to rap¬ id completion on the house purchased by the Association for the occupan¬ cy of the Soldiers and Sailors Me¬ morial Club, and very shortly all will be in readiness for the 4iome-coming of our boys.
The Asaociation invites the co-oper¬ ation and supporC of all patriotic citi¬ zens of Nassau County who are inter¬ eated in the welfare of the veterans of thia war and wiah to aaaiat in aecur- ing an enduring and practical memor¬ ial to her brave sons who have sarri- flced life and all that life holds dear in selflsh devotion to human freedom.
And what memorial can be more practical and enduring tiuin thia to which the Soldiera Welfare Aaaocia¬ tion has devoted itaelf and will con¬ tinue to devote itaelf. A n:emoria] which ia dedicated to tho welfare of the living heroea while commemorat¬ ing the glorioua deeds of the dead.
Want Record of
Men in Senrice
ory of George H. Magill, who has be come a builder in this prosperous I Catherine Colyer, Ronald Beck, Mar- Florida city. He showed us over his | jorie Beck, Hazel Whaley, George yard where limes, grape fruit, orang-1 Morrison, Etta Morrison, Ida Thorn-
space for her own amusement rather Eugene Peroni, Mary Sutphin, Hazel' than that of our guests. Walten, John Willets, James Willets, The rules:
The Home Defense Committee of Nassau County haa been directed by the Adjutant General of the State and the Board of Supervison of the Coun¬ ty to prepare a roster of all those in the aervice of their country in the war with (Jermany who raaide in Naaaaa County. Those in the aervice or th'eir families are requested to forward will n^t come names, rank, company, regiment and hoinie address to the home. Defense Committee, Court House, Min^la, | land-locked bay filled with fish—the N. Y, great influx of .Winter tourists all with
':, I more or less money to spend; the air
"Queen Quality" Taii Calf Lace, - of pleasure and divenioiv-and recrea- caator cloth top, Cuban heel, Good^ | tion all doubtless combine to make a year welt sole. Widths A, B, C and «tay in Weat Palm Beach a pleasure
es, gniavas and kumquats were grow¬ ing as apple and pear trees grow in our Northern ^ards.
Just to the east of him was a cot¬ tage owned by him and occupied for the present season by Will Rider and family, Mr. Magill's son-in-law. Mr. Rider is already occupied in building a cottage for another Freeporter.
Just next door west of the "Free- port Lodge" was Steve Pettit and his family, who arrived a few days ago to spend the Winter.
This makes four Freeporters to¬ gether on one street, including Mr. Hunt's place in the next block.
Over in Eucalyptus Park a real es¬ tate, development in th# north part of West Palm Beach, Capt. Will Ellison is building a cottage and expects his family dovm to occupy it with him in a few weeks, Austin Ellison, his brother, is with him.
We also hear that Oscar Rhodes ia a temporary reaident. That Mra. Shea, the wife of Freeport'a Village Clerk, with her daughter, and Mn. Horn¬ beck and daughter are also Winter visiton. Mra. Jenninga waa one of the party that arrived with Mn. Asch and her mother and sister on (Christ¬ maa Inoming. So there ia a very lib- eral representation of onr village at this most beautiful of Florida Winter reaorta.
What makea it ao popular doubt- leaa ia the wonderful climate and the reaulta of the climate. When asked why they were down here for the Win¬ ter everyone answered that it was to escape the cold.
On New Year'a day a party of ua went fisbing on a small inland lake. All day long we sat in the boat in thin Summer clotheS without coats, and the second day was like unto the first. 6n Saturdliy, however, the temperat¬ ure dropped down around 40 degreea and everybody was anxioun about a freeze. Danger is not all over yet, but the wind blows and we hope frost The wonderful citrus fruits, the Winter grown vegetables, the open waters of Lake Worth, a
pole, George Seaman, Susie Searnan, Henry W. Wallace, John J. Randall, 3rd, Eveline and Kenneth Raynor, Ed¬ win Bedell, James, Thomas and Bessie Leston, James Hennenlotter, John and Dorothy Show.
These little folks were happy in making others happy. Altogether five baskets were given out at Christmas time, and in addition eleven skirts, outing flannel night gowns, toys, books and some second-hand clothing.
Any second-hand clothes will be thankfully received by Mrs. Carman at her home, for a continuation of her work.
D; price $8.00^ Main St.
Crevoiakrat'a, 96 So.
A<l*artia«
LjAi^;li«li'.'.i^-1- ,
loait to be remembei-ed. There tlao aeems to be «pportuni-
en FmgL 8)
Freeport Coast Guard Men Helped Wrecked Soldiers
An active part in the work of tak¬ ing the soldiers off the stranded steamer Northern Pacific waa taken by fhe crew of Station No. 86, Jones Beach, although their names do not appear in the reporta qi the rescue.
Thia crew, in charge of Captain George Weyant^ was ordered to help the Pi^ Island Station, and took off 100 of the soldien Friday aftemoon, and Saturday moming were engaged in taking ofBcen, wire stretchen, woolen goods and mail from the shore to the boat, and they made as many trips as any crew engaged in the work Friday and Saturday.
Satarday noon, all of tbe aoldiera havmg been taken off, they were ord¬ ered back to their own patrol station.
Irving Whaley and Walter W. Bay¬ nor, two more Freeporten, an also in thia crew which did such valiant work.
Fourteen Year* Ago
(L«c«l lt«M of biUraat froM a«Dr Slaa ai tkat tiioa).
H. C. Schluter advertiaea best but¬ ter, SOc lb.; prunes, 30a, 9c lb.; augar, 5 Iba. for 28c.; Baldwin applea, $2.25 barrel; strictly fresh eggs, 35c; ban¬ quet hamis, Sc lb.
First iaaue of Tlie Student pub¬ liahed.
Jamea Dean re-elected Preaident of Freeport Club, membership 225.
Ella H. Wyman installed Cjuncilor Daughten of Liberty. »
Report Freeport Bank ahowed ret sources of $387,000.
Marriage of Lyman W. Taft and Miss Mabel E. Post.
Oranges advertised 16 ior 25 cents.
Dances start at 8:30 and end at 11.
Girls will be admitted by invitatiot. cards. i ^
No girls under 18 admitted to the dances.
Cards can be secured by leaving name and address with duty men at Community Hovk e. You will be noti¬ fied when to calRfor your card.
No cards will \ >e given out at the dances. \ '
Cards are gooa for all Saturday dances.
Gi^s will dance one dance with each partner.
Exchange no names or addresses with the boys at the dances. ^ Girls will not enter or leave com¬ munity dances with men in uniform.
Girls invited to dances will remain in dance room during the dance.
The Committee reserves the right to call in cards at any time.
TEN HORSES DIE IN suspicious FIRE
Ten of eleven horses owned by Ab¬ raham Coagn and William Sherman of Brooklyn, and kept in the atables in the ~nar of the former Freeport Inn at L. I. R. R. and Main Street, were burned to death in a fire that de¬ stroyed the stables and their con¬ tents, and damaged several other buildings, shortly after 9:00 Vclock Tuesday evening.
Jesse Carbin, in charge of the ani¬ mals, had locked the bam and left at 6:34 p. m., taking one of the hones with him, fortunately one of the most valuable animals, and no one waa aup- posed to have been in the building from then until the fire was discov¬ ered. I Notwithstanding the buildings were almost in the heart of the business section, the fire had gained terrific headway before the alarm was sound¬ ed. Two fire companies were on the ground in an incredibly short time, followed soon after by the entire de¬ partment, but by the time they arrived it seemed that any living thing in the building was past help. Firemen tore away one comer of the building, how¬ ever, and took out one of the horses, but this animal was so badly bumed it was killed the next day.
Peculiar circumstances surrounded the fire. In addition to its terrific headway when the alarm was sounded, almost as soon as the firemen ar¬ rived, there was a heavy explosion from within the building', and the fire carried along the wagon shed, which extended almost to the Inn, so that it seemed that in spite of all that could be done, this building would also catch. Close, hot work, however, soon put this out, and the fire was gradu¬ ally gotten under control.
Although the buildings bumed were not of nearly as great value as many other times when they have handled the situation equally well, the firemen when they arrived at this fire proba¬ bly found themselves facing more fire than they have at any time before, but went to work, under Chief Ran¬ dall, in the manner for which they are noted, and soon mastered the situa¬ tion.
The buildings were owned by the Jacob Ruppert Brewery, and the loss thereon is estimated by Chief Randall at $200.
Messrs. Coagn and Sherman, who were doing contracting work at Camp Mills, place their loss at about $3,500, fully covered by insurance.
IN MEMOiUAM
HENRY MORRISON
We publish this item, juat aa it is contributed, because ft* expreaaea tbe sincere appreciation of one of Mn. Morrison's neighbon:
We extend our greatest sympathy to Mn. Isabelle Morriaon for the loaa of her 17-year-old son, Henry Morri¬ son, of Co. P, 15th Infantry, who gave the supreme sacrifice for his country.
Henry enlisted at 16, sailed to France in December, where he reached hia 17th year on July 18, 1918.
Mn. Morriaon waa ofllcially notified Monday, January 6, that he bad been killed in action between the datea of Selitember 26 to October 2.
God grant her grace to overcome the extreme sorrow of the loea of her only son.
MERRICK
Thil column it edited by Rev. W. M. LH- tebrandt and all itema •hould be lent to hta to inaur* insertion under thii headlna
Services at the Church of the Re¬ deemer Sunday, First After the Epi¬ phany, at 11 o'clock A. M. and 8 o'clock P. M. Moming Prayer and sermon. Evening Prayer and sermon. The Sunday School meets in the Pariah House at 10 A. .M. each Sunday. Lea- son:—Solomon and the Queen of Sheba. The Woman's Auxiliary meets in the Rectory during the winter each Thursday at 2.30 P. M. Choir prac¬ tice for the present is held in the church Saturday P. M. at 3 o'clock. The Boy Scouts meet weekly on Tues¬ days at 7.30 P. M., Chas. A. Calkins, Scoutmaster. A cordial invitation ia extended to all to attend the services of this church and to become identi¬ fied with its community irvtcrests.
Mrs. M. E. Powell who has been desperately ill with pneumonia ia now so far recovered as to be able to be propped up in bed daily for a short time and promises soon to be in usual health again.
VILLAGE TRUSTEES
Canteen Work
The following contributions are re¬ ported:
Saturday, December 28—Cakes, Henry Aaftdown, Mrs. Comwall, Frank Smith, Mrs. Edgar Williams.
New Year'a Day—Cakes, Mn Staats, Mn. Train, large donation of cake and pi<:5 from Maier's bakery, Mrs. Decker, Miaa Pearl Johnaon, Jacob Goodman.
Sunday, January 5—Nelaon Aah¬ down, fudge; Mrs. Travis, Mn. Kahn, Mrs. Downs, cake; donation of bread and cake from O. K. Bakery.
Committee Sunday, January 5: Mra. Goldman, Mra. Fenton, Mn. Marlow, Mrs. Myrick, Mrs. Walters, Mrs. Travis, Mn. F. Snedeker, jr.
ContributitAia
The following contributions are not¬ ed on the duty book:
E. Throckmorton, apples.
R. W. Naylor, $2.
Need Smokes
Our afiokes fund picked up a bit this weeld but we can uae more to ad¬ vantage. ^Contributions of cigarettes or cash (Si be used to advantage. Whep mafsiK cash contributions it should be ^ecified that it is for the smokes funi
Saturdav will-be hc'i carda are in' of girla und Wicka, will of the boya great chance get into the
ii
g the usual dance
30. All girls with
At 7:30 a number
ction of Misa
d to teach any
nee. Thia ia a
11 flowera to
At the regular meeting of the Free- port Board of Truateea Thursday af¬ ternoon, the question of a proper fee for use of the village lungmotor when taken from the village was brought up, and it was decided that a nominal charge of $3 should bc made to cover expenses. This was used at Baldwin recently, but without success, the vic¬ tim being dead when the doctor was summoned.
Counselor George Levy appeared before the Board on ths claim of Adam Yulch against the village. Yulch ran into a car and skidded into a tree while driving along Merrick Road, and claims that he was in the course of hii occupation as a motorcycle officer for the village, and (consequently comes under the protection of the Workmen's Compensation Act (as it looks quite probable that he does.) Mr. Levy said that Mr. Yulch had been treated fairly by the village, being now engaged as desk man at police headquarters, but in order to protect himself he must file the proper claim, and would be glad to meet the village authorities' in any arrangement that would protect him while unable to work at his regular occupation as a chauffeur. His foot was badly hurt and he is still using a cane, having recently discarded crutches.
The question was left with the Vil¬ lage attomey, Counselor Albin N. Johnson, with Trustee Henry L. Max¬ son.
Capt. Hanse presented an offer he had received from a concern wanting to buy the revolvers formerly used by the Home Defense. The Board thought that if the State really wanted this organization maintained it was time that something more than promises for rifles was given, and instructed the clerk to notify Captain Comell that the village wanted the revolven all retumed before February 1.
It was decided to adjust the electric light bill of C. Milton Foreman at hia oflice building. Mr. Foreman gives the Red Croaa free uae of the rooma, with heat, and the village waa to fur¬ nish the electricity. It would be an expensive propoaition to inatall a sep- erate aupply for the rooma upatain where the Red Croaa meet, ao it waa deemed better to make an adjuatment which would cover the amount of cur¬ rent probably uaed by the Red Croaa
Funeral services for Mrs. A. Miller and Mra. C. R. Aitkin whose aad deaths occurred on New Year's Day of pneumonia were held at the home of their parenta, Mr. and Mrs. A. Schled¬ om, on Horation Ave. on Saturday af¬ temoon, the Rev. WM. H. Littebrandt officiating. Interment was at Green¬ field. Chas. Hays of this village was the undertaker. Mr. Miller and hia four children have gone to occupy a part of hia parents' house in the Bronx and Mr. Aitkin and hia baby will continue their old home in Ja¬ maica.
Miaa Julia Bums, who haa been spending a two weeks' vacation here at her home retumed on Tuesday to her work and course in graduate nursing at the Mount Vemon Hospital, Mt. Vemon, N. Y.
WANTAGH
The Ladies' Aid Society held their regular yearly business meeting at the home of Mn. A. E. Hunt on Wednea¬ day aftemoon.
The Good Cheer Club met with Miaa Jeanette Van Nostrand this Tuesday evening.
Mrs. Frank Schorr and Miss Anita Cheshire of Mahank, N. J., spent two weeks here with their mothtr.
John W. Seaman and daughter Mary closed up their home here on Bunker Place and have gone to Brooklyn for thc Winter.
Lieut, and Mrs. E. R. Wendler, have returned to Wantagh after spending two weeks at Islip.
BELLMORE
The Re J Cross .Auxiliary i« not go¬ ing to do any more knitting. Those who have wool and knitted articlea please return them to the Red Croaa rooms. Instead of knitting there ia refugee work to be done. "Those who want this work may get it from the Red Cross room or from the chair¬ lady of the Auxiliary.
Nei^^iborhood Workers
to Meet
The next regular meeting of the Neighborhood Workers will be held next Monday, January 13, at the home of Mn. L. M. Hammond, Weat Mer¬ rick Road.
TroDey Knocks Pole Down
A trolley went off the track at At¬ lantic Avenue and Bedell Street early Saturday morning, and knocked down a large pole on thc edge of the road. No one was hurt, although in the re- ¦^ult'ng mixup somebody sent in a call for,the fire department instead of the polivc.
More Freepart Newa am Fmga 9
Leaguers to Talk and Sing
An Epworth League big sing will be> held at the Seaford M. E. Charch on the evening of Thursday, January 23, at 7:46 o'clock. There wilT be in¬ spirational singing and snappy ad- dresaes.
Payment of United
War Work Pledges
All paymenta of pledgee for the re¬ cent United War Work Campaign muat now be aent to Douglaaa Conb- lin, treaaurer, Mineola, L. I., the lo¬ cal officiala having closed their booka as directed by the County Organiza¬ tion.
Checks cannot now be accepted by the temporary local treasurer.
, HYMENEAL
DALKY—MONTROSS Mrii. A. Daley of 145 Weat 90th Street. New York, former 'reaident ot Baldwin annauncea the engagement of her daughter, Ethel, to Auatin Mon¬ tross of South Grove Street, Froeport
RANDALL—HENDERSON 1 Mn. Edna Raynor Randall, of thia village, and William C. Henderaon of Jamaica were married on the aiteiK' noon ot New Year'a Day at the M. B, Panonage. Mr. and Mrs. HendoMMS will reaide in Rielnnoiid Hill, to wUeh place the bride recently mored wit|| her family.

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Nassau County Review
OfBcial Paper, Village d Freeport
FREEPORT, N. Y., FRIDAY, JANUARY 10, 1919
Vol. XXII, No. 2
THE FM DEPARTMENT
MaKMV al lataTMt to amd AbMt th* Flr*> ¦MB hi Onr Lmeal Dapmrtaame^
Br HU S. P.
On Thanday, Jan. 2, the following: offlcera were elected for the ensuint; year: Chi-f, William F. Valentine; foreman of H. and L-, H.uHarold Van Tayl; asaiatant foreman of H. and L., Balph Box; foreman of engrine and hoae. Shepherd Bartholomew; assist¬ ant foreman of enK>ne and hose, Wil¬ lard Young; ensineer, Walter Ash¬ down; lat asaiatant engineer, George E. Box; 2nd assistant engineer, James If. Seaman, jr.; recording secretary, Warren Jamey; financial sectetary, James M. Seaman, jr.; trustee for 3 yean, George E. Box; trustee for 2 yean, John T. Cowlea; chaplain, Wil¬ liam Towner.
every home-made pudding, every jar of jelly helps."
The Preeport Branch has been re¬ quested by the Chapter to send dona¬ tions to the Red Ci-oss Diet Kitchen on Mondays of each week and we are asking the people of Freeport to make donations of jellies or jams. They may be left at the Freeport Red Cross Truck 1 had invited Hose 4 to have I Rooms any diy during the week or at an "oyster stew" with them Tuesday I ^he home of Mrs. H. L. Maxson, 316 evening, and the Truck Company were | South Long Beach Avenue, or at the
RED CROSS NOTES
I Freeport Transplanted
i In Florida Tropics
A Viaitor in Weat Palm Beach Finda
"Lota" of Folka from thc Home
Town—Splendid Plaee—Bnt
Give for Our Sick Boys
The following communication haa come to us from the Nassaa County Chapter:
"At Hie Base Hospital, Camp Milla there are approximately 2,000 over¬ seas patients. This, of coarse, re¬ quires a large supply of invalid fortd which can only reach each individual This Unusually interesting write-up case of seriously ill boys if donated | of our Freeporters in Fldrida comes to through the dietitian in the Red Cros I hand. We are pleased to publish it Diet Kitchen. Every quart of milk, | just as it is, including the personal
NO PLACE LIKE LONG ISLAND
about ready for their visitors whe'.i the gong rang. "Barney" stuck to the oyster stews, and the boys finished them after the flre, but I for one am aleepy yet!
A Good Spirit! Finishing his detail at the fire Tues¬ day evening, and knowing how much lots of the men like to get hold of a cigarette after they have worked hard at a ftre, the writer secured a pack¬ age cigarettes and passed them out. Finding he had not enough, he went to the lunch wagon of Francis Smith, across on Church Street and secured aeveral packages more. The follow¬ ing night when I stopped in to pay for them, Mr. Smith wanted to know what I got them for. Upon being told, he refused payment, and said had he known that, he would have fumished more at the same price I
Unclaimed Letters
(Freeport i'oat Office) V Domeatic
Bentley, Miss Florence
Davis, M., 4 Pette Ave. ^
Davis, Miss, Pine St.
Edwards, Miss Faye Leflore
Elliott, "Red" Eskwise
Fitzgerald, Miss M.
Freeport Sales Co.
Higgenbotham, Mr. and Mrs. Earl
Hassard, Miss M. J., 84 Naasau Ave.
HiU, Mn. H. 1.
Kelly, John H.
Kelly, Mn. John
Langdon, Miss A.
MacGillway, Mrs. Maud
Maurer, Mr. Chai.
Newins, Ed.
Pierson, Mr. and Mra. Chaa.
Powers, Miaa S.
Parks, W. J.
Porter, Mn. E. S.
Ultley, Miss Laura
Bollina, Misa Marie, 496 Merrick Rd.
'Strume, Capt. Herman
Snjider, Mn. Cecil
Smith, Miss O. J.
Schurer, Arthur
Schneider, Edw.
Sentinel Index Co., 383 Grove St.
Smith, Miaa Maria
Wright, Mr. and Mn. T. P.
Tuthill A Thom
Wolf, Mr. & Mrs. Ernest ^
Foreign Post, Miss Ada Zimmermann, Miss Lillian
T. BENSON SMITH, P. M.
HIGH SCHOOL NOTES
4G. F. DuBois, our new superintend¬ ent, reached Freeport New Year's Day and has been staying with Principal Jennings. On Monday moming he addressed the High School students, aaying, among other things, tiktt his one motive is to do what was for the good of the schools.
The following program was given ' in Assembly Tueaday moming:
"A Christmas Preaent for a Lady," hy Hilda Bailey.
"A Christmaa Subatitute," by Helen Fox.
'Theodore Roosevelt's Last Words," by Irene Holland.
Tribute to Roosevelt, by Mr. Jen¬ nings.
•> In commemoration of Colonel Theo¬ dore Roosevelt, work waa auapended Wednesday afternoon at two o'clock and the achool assembled. A collec¬ tion of $28.11 was taken with which to purchase aome auitable object in hia memory. Superintendent DuBoia made an inapiring apeech and Florence Wells sang Rooaevelt'a favorite hymn, "How Firm a Foundation." School waa then diamissed for the remainder of the day.
Weekly Weather Report
(For our readen in other localitiee) (For our readen in other localitiea)
Friday, January 3, third day of rain, chahged to anow for few min¬ utea daring night; thermom. to 80 to 40.
Saturday, clear, cooler.
Sunday, clear, cool.
Monday, anow squall in a. m; clean before noon; squalla again at night.
Tueaday, nice clear weather, not too cold.
Wednesday, snowing slightly in a. B>.; clean in p. m.
Thuraday, overcast.
home of Mrs. A. T. Cfovison, 110 Pine Street. We also request donations of eggs or of money to buy eggs and milk. The nurse in charpe of the Red Cross Diet K«tchen will gladly make puddings of all supplies sent to iier and so with any money piven to us we will purchase supplies to make the food 90 much needed and ao much ap¬ preciated by our sick boys. Knitting The following communication has also been received from the Nassau County Chapter:
"A careful inventory has recently Been made in Red Cross work rooms throughout the entire country. A sup¬ ply of socks, sweaters, etc., sufficient in the judgment of the Department of Military Relief, to care for the pres¬ ent needof all men now in camps and for those retruning from the other side, has been set aside for the use of that department. The remaining stock will be tumed over to the De¬ partment of Forciim Relief for im¬ mediate shipment to France for the use of our men there and for deliv¬ ery to our foreign commissions for use in civilian relief work.
In order to secure more workera for the refugee garments, allotments of which are so urgently needed, the Red Cross will suspend knitting as one of the regrular production activities. ' All knitted articles now in process are to be finished but no additional yarn is to be given to workers." Sewen Needed
The Freeport Branch is swamped with work aent us by our Chapter. We still have 300 pairs of socks to dam en this week's allqtment to finish by Tuesday and also many refugee gar¬ ments to make.
We u^ge each woman in Freeport to come at least one moming or one af¬ temoon a week and do her part in the sewing so that our Freeport Branch ray finish each week the work sent to do and so that the garments so much needed in devastated Belgium and tn France may be made by us and sent to thetn.
note which accompanied it, and we v/ould add that wc appreciate most the writer's love for. Freeport:
January 5, 1919. Dear Smith:—
Thinking you might fmd some value in news of the Freeport colony in West Palm Beach I gathered a few names and facts and send them on. 1 had my pleasure and pay in writing it up. Use it or not as convenience dictates. I am at Miami for a few days. Will later go to Key West and Tampa and return home before February 1. Cordially, J. SIDNEY GOULD.
Thfre was a genuine s-urprise in
LOCAL TOPICS
It Mrttrahr .f ¦atvr.. m «ll1a«a affair.,
hy tha aUter.
Help! Municipal Ownerahip!
Can you imagine any institution but the United Statea Govemment mak¬ ing one pay 2c postage on a postal card, selling them lc cards and mak¬ ing them put the extra lc stamp on the cards themselves, instead of sell¬ ing 2c postals aa atipalated?
Now that the war is over and they really dare we are interested in not¬ ing German sympathizen stopping their subscriptions to papers who have called Huns Huns and German aoldiers murderen. We have lost three such subscriptions since January 1, and an¬ ticipate sevenl more.
Just to Set Things Right
Without going into details as to men and men, let me remark to thoae who have heard the absurd charge, and know me ao littl6 as to give.it credit, that the statement that I told a Freeport man that I would prefer to help the Jews than the Irish ia an en- store for the ^writer when he arrived tire fabrication. I did not on the day West Palm Beach, Fla., after a and at the timesreferred to, nor on
The Preeport Branch, American Red Croas, acknowledgea with thanks the following contributions which have been made during the past week:
Mn. I. Sekine (monthly) Mrs. Chas. Young (monthly) Mrs. Philip J. Coffey 500 Club, Mra. Johnson, treas.
$1.00 2.00 8.00 3.0c
strenuous arive down Ihe east coast from Jacksonville, a distance of 308 miles, by the Blue Book, covered by J. A. Asch in his Ford in a day and a half. Mr. Asch had motored from Freeport carrying nearly a thousand pounds of baggage all the way. Some of the big cars gave up in despair' among others, ex-Sheriff Pettit's big Nash, when they encountered Georgia mud, but not the Ford. It kept its reputation unsullied and came clear through. »
But the surprise came on the "morn-1 tions. ing after" when we began to stumble ] cnto Freeport people. First of all we found J. Allen Hunt and his son Fred occupying a \ery attractive property at 415 Okeechobee Ropd. Down here, where rents are overtopping, people manage to multiply rental opportuni¬ ties, so Mr. Hunt passed over tho cot¬ tage at the front to Mr. Asch and his iarp'lf. Then the cozy little three .m cottage half-way back was tumed over to Capt. Jacob Golder of South Main Street, Freeport, and his wife, who spend the next three months there with relatives from Queens.
Mr. Hunt took up residence in the sub-cottage at the back^
We found later over on Benton Street that Mrs. Smith and her daugh¬ ter. Miss Bessie Smith, also Freeport¬ ers, are building up the same sort of a renting proposition. Our small cot¬ tage ia now rented. The Smitha are living in a delightful small bungalow recently built, while a fine building site ia reserved for the bigger cottage at the front.
But these two enterprising families are not all the Freeporten in West Palm Beach.
Walking down the Okeechobee Road destined to be as aristocratic a road some day as Merrick Road is now, we came to a bold title over a cottage— "Freeport Lodge." We called t^ in¬ quire what Freeport was commemo¬ rated and we found it was our own which had figured fondly in the mem-
any other day at any other time, make any remark or any similar remark that could have been interpr^ed by any sober man as meaning anything of this kind. The only foundation for fact in the statement is that 1 did see- the man and on the day referred to, but unfortunately did not see him first and had to listen to his tirade. It makes me blush that anyone know¬ ing me would believe for an instant that I would have attempted to put up an argument under such condi-
Education ia a Wonderful Thing
From an advertisement signed New York Milk Conference Board:
"The milk distributers keep books They can produce records, accurately kept, that show the consumer just how every dollar, every cent, the consum¬ er pays is disbursed. Their records show what the mone^ is spent for and why it is spent, ahd they can show that during three months past it has cost more to put a bottle of milk in the consumer's home than the con¬ sumer was asked to pay for it."
Such bookkeeping!
Prepared Presents
at Christmas Time
Mrs. and Misa Cannan of 60 Brook¬ lyn Avenue wish to thank those who helped them in thmr Thanksgiving and Christmas work among our needy poor.
With the help of the Grove Street School four basketa of groceries and canned goods were given out for Thanksgbrtng.
Some of the young folka who helpt witb the Christmaa baakets were Clara and Mildred Mahnken, Mildred Morse, Dorothy and George Carman, Mary Bentley, Fred Homan, Helen Homan, Helen Peroni, and the following white ribbon recruits, who also made up a special basket: Raymond Pearsall,
Woric Progressing Nicely
at tbe Service Club
A number of additional neighbon have volunteered for. service at the Soldien and Sailon Club House, but all who can help can be used.
The work, too, is more interesting than ever. There is no use trying to dodge the "morale" question. The boys all want to get home now, and they are restless. That is where our part of the work comes in—to help them get their minds occupied some¬ where elae for a bit—do we succeed? Stop in and see for younelf—see our visitora entertaining our duty men.
Here is an instance. The writer dropped in the club rooms with his son. A soldier with a gold stripe on his arm asked how old he was and the following conversation ensued:
Soldier—I have a lad almost as old as him.
Civilian—What are you doii'g here with a familys at home ?
Soldier—I lost two brothers in thi.' fight and I wanted to get square. Civilian—Did you do it? Soldier—Yes! And now I want to j^pt home. ^
There was no elaboration or boast¬ ing. We tried to lead him out. He told us of the morale of the boys over there, how eager they were to get intn the real fighting, how they deserted rear lines and hospitals for the front, liut not a word about himself, except¬ ing that he had done what he set out for—and helped to make the Hun in¬ capable of hurting his little boy and girl waiting for him at Northport in far away Washington State, cs those vile soldiers of the Kaiser had done in Belgium and in France.
Another lad returned ofi the North¬ ern Pacific. He was limping from '.hrapnel in the heel and knee. He said he was one of the four who came bad. in his detachment and tho other three could net walk.
These arc the kind of boys who like to get down to our rooms and away from things military for a while. Did he mind sleeping in the police bar¬ racks. Not so you could notice it, after having laid with his face in thc mud to escape German kultur in the form of war gas!
Isn't it worth while to do all you can for those boys. We wish we could keep our room filled with smokes and nuts and fruits and eats all the time —we can whenever you help us out, by the way.
Work of Entertainment Committee
Following are the rules for dancing as promulgated by the entertainment committee. They are flexible enough to admit girls wishing to dance and are designed to protect them from as¬ sociation from those who cannot be ¦properly vouched for, or who will not abide by the rules. It might be in order to add that the primary object of theae dances is the, entertainment of the home-sick soldier and sailor lads, and the girls who wish to come with a soldier or sailor and dance with him all or most of the evening is no addition to the entertainment. She is in fact using the small dancing
Totel $14.00
Kindly make checks payable to
Freeport Branch, American Red
Cross, and send, to Mrs. Charles M.
Hart, Merrick Road, Freeport, L. I.
Boys' "Douglas" Shoes. Gun Metal Calf Bluchef lace, full toe, solid quar¬ ter, 'Neolin" sole. This style made special to our order in the "Douglass" factory. Sisea 9 to 18^, $4.00: sisea 1 to 6H, $4.50. Crevoiaent'a, 96 So. Main St.
The place to htxy eoal. Sinelalf Saynor, 8 No. llain St, telephone ia4 JPmport
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Notice of Meeting
The regular monthly meeting of the Soldien Welfare Association occurs Tuesday evening, January 14, at 8:30 o'clock at the Elks Club, Merrick Road, Freeport. ^
Alterations are being pushed to rap¬ id completion on the house purchased by the Association for the occupan¬ cy of the Soldiers and Sailors Me¬ morial Club, and very shortly all will be in readiness for the 4iome-coming of our boys.
The Asaociation invites the co-oper¬ ation and supporC of all patriotic citi¬ zens of Nassau County who are inter¬ eated in the welfare of the veterans of thia war and wiah to aaaiat in aecur- ing an enduring and practical memor¬ ial to her brave sons who have sarri- flced life and all that life holds dear in selflsh devotion to human freedom.
And what memorial can be more practical and enduring tiuin thia to which the Soldiera Welfare Aaaocia¬ tion has devoted itaelf and will con¬ tinue to devote itaelf. A n:emoria] which ia dedicated to tho welfare of the living heroea while commemorat¬ ing the glorioua deeds of the dead.
Want Record of
Men in Senrice
ory of George H. Magill, who has be come a builder in this prosperous I Catherine Colyer, Ronald Beck, Mar- Florida city. He showed us over his | jorie Beck, Hazel Whaley, George yard where limes, grape fruit, orang-1 Morrison, Etta Morrison, Ida Thorn-
space for her own amusement rather Eugene Peroni, Mary Sutphin, Hazel' than that of our guests. Walten, John Willets, James Willets, The rules:
The Home Defense Committee of Nassau County haa been directed by the Adjutant General of the State and the Board of Supervison of the Coun¬ ty to prepare a roster of all those in the aervice of their country in the war with (Jermany who raaide in Naaaaa County. Those in the aervice or th'eir families are requested to forward will n^t come names, rank, company, regiment and hoinie address to the home. Defense Committee, Court House, Min^la, | land-locked bay filled with fish—the N. Y, great influx of .Winter tourists all with
':, I more or less money to spend; the air
"Queen Quality" Taii Calf Lace, - of pleasure and divenioiv-and recrea- caator cloth top, Cuban heel, Good^ | tion all doubtless combine to make a year welt sole. Widths A, B, C and «tay in Weat Palm Beach a pleasure
es, gniavas and kumquats were grow¬ ing as apple and pear trees grow in our Northern ^ards.
Just to the east of him was a cot¬ tage owned by him and occupied for the present season by Will Rider and family, Mr. Magill's son-in-law. Mr. Rider is already occupied in building a cottage for another Freeporter.
Just next door west of the "Free- port Lodge" was Steve Pettit and his family, who arrived a few days ago to spend the Winter.
This makes four Freeporters to¬ gether on one street, including Mr. Hunt's place in the next block.
Over in Eucalyptus Park a real es¬ tate, development in th# north part of West Palm Beach, Capt. Will Ellison is building a cottage and expects his family dovm to occupy it with him in a few weeks, Austin Ellison, his brother, is with him.
We also hear that Oscar Rhodes ia a temporary reaident. That Mra. Shea, the wife of Freeport'a Village Clerk, with her daughter, and Mn. Horn¬ beck and daughter are also Winter visiton. Mra. Jenninga waa one of the party that arrived with Mn. Asch and her mother and sister on (Christ¬ maa Inoming. So there ia a very lib- eral representation of onr village at this most beautiful of Florida Winter reaorta.
What makea it ao popular doubt- leaa ia the wonderful climate and the reaulta of the climate. When asked why they were down here for the Win¬ ter everyone answered that it was to escape the cold.
On New Year'a day a party of ua went fisbing on a small inland lake. All day long we sat in the boat in thin Summer clotheS without coats, and the second day was like unto the first. 6n Saturdliy, however, the temperat¬ ure dropped down around 40 degreea and everybody was anxioun about a freeze. Danger is not all over yet, but the wind blows and we hope frost The wonderful citrus fruits, the Winter grown vegetables, the open waters of Lake Worth, a
pole, George Seaman, Susie Searnan, Henry W. Wallace, John J. Randall, 3rd, Eveline and Kenneth Raynor, Ed¬ win Bedell, James, Thomas and Bessie Leston, James Hennenlotter, John and Dorothy Show.
These little folks were happy in making others happy. Altogether five baskets were given out at Christmas time, and in addition eleven skirts, outing flannel night gowns, toys, books and some second-hand clothing.
Any second-hand clothes will be thankfully received by Mrs. Carman at her home, for a continuation of her work.
D; price $8.00^ Main St.
Crevoiakrat'a, 96 So.
Ae given out at the dances. \ '
Cards are gooa for all Saturday dances.
Gi^s will dance one dance with each partner.
Exchange no names or addresses with the boys at the dances. ^ Girls will not enter or leave com¬ munity dances with men in uniform.
Girls invited to dances will remain in dance room during the dance.
The Committee reserves the right to call in cards at any time.
TEN HORSES DIE IN suspicious FIRE
Ten of eleven horses owned by Ab¬ raham Coagn and William Sherman of Brooklyn, and kept in the atables in the ~nar of the former Freeport Inn at L. I. R. R. and Main Street, were burned to death in a fire that de¬ stroyed the stables and their con¬ tents, and damaged several other buildings, shortly after 9:00 Vclock Tuesday evening.
Jesse Carbin, in charge of the ani¬ mals, had locked the bam and left at 6:34 p. m., taking one of the hones with him, fortunately one of the most valuable animals, and no one waa aup- posed to have been in the building from then until the fire was discov¬ ered. I Notwithstanding the buildings were almost in the heart of the business section, the fire had gained terrific headway before the alarm was sound¬ ed. Two fire companies were on the ground in an incredibly short time, followed soon after by the entire de¬ partment, but by the time they arrived it seemed that any living thing in the building was past help. Firemen tore away one comer of the building, how¬ ever, and took out one of the horses, but this animal was so badly bumed it was killed the next day.
Peculiar circumstances surrounded the fire. In addition to its terrific headway when the alarm was sounded, almost as soon as the firemen ar¬ rived, there was a heavy explosion from within the building', and the fire carried along the wagon shed, which extended almost to the Inn, so that it seemed that in spite of all that could be done, this building would also catch. Close, hot work, however, soon put this out, and the fire was gradu¬ ally gotten under control.
Although the buildings bumed were not of nearly as great value as many other times when they have handled the situation equally well, the firemen when they arrived at this fire proba¬ bly found themselves facing more fire than they have at any time before, but went to work, under Chief Ran¬ dall, in the manner for which they are noted, and soon mastered the situa¬ tion.
The buildings were owned by the Jacob Ruppert Brewery, and the loss thereon is estimated by Chief Randall at $200.
Messrs. Coagn and Sherman, who were doing contracting work at Camp Mills, place their loss at about $3,500, fully covered by insurance.
IN MEMOiUAM
HENRY MORRISON
We publish this item, juat aa it is contributed, because ft* expreaaea tbe sincere appreciation of one of Mn. Morrison's neighbon:
We extend our greatest sympathy to Mn. Isabelle Morriaon for the loaa of her 17-year-old son, Henry Morri¬ son, of Co. P, 15th Infantry, who gave the supreme sacrifice for his country.
Henry enlisted at 16, sailed to France in December, where he reached hia 17th year on July 18, 1918.
Mn. Morriaon waa ofllcially notified Monday, January 6, that he bad been killed in action between the datea of Selitember 26 to October 2.
God grant her grace to overcome the extreme sorrow of the loea of her only son.
MERRICK
Thil column it edited by Rev. W. M. LH- tebrandt and all itema •hould be lent to hta to inaur* insertion under thii headlna
Services at the Church of the Re¬ deemer Sunday, First After the Epi¬ phany, at 11 o'clock A. M. and 8 o'clock P. M. Moming Prayer and sermon. Evening Prayer and sermon. The Sunday School meets in the Pariah House at 10 A. .M. each Sunday. Lea- son:—Solomon and the Queen of Sheba. The Woman's Auxiliary meets in the Rectory during the winter each Thursday at 2.30 P. M. Choir prac¬ tice for the present is held in the church Saturday P. M. at 3 o'clock. The Boy Scouts meet weekly on Tues¬ days at 7.30 P. M., Chas. A. Calkins, Scoutmaster. A cordial invitation ia extended to all to attend the services of this church and to become identi¬ fied with its community irvtcrests.
Mrs. M. E. Powell who has been desperately ill with pneumonia ia now so far recovered as to be able to be propped up in bed daily for a short time and promises soon to be in usual health again.
VILLAGE TRUSTEES
Canteen Work
The following contributions are re¬ ported:
Saturday, December 28—Cakes, Henry Aaftdown, Mrs. Comwall, Frank Smith, Mrs. Edgar Williams.
New Year'a Day—Cakes, Mn Staats, Mn. Train, large donation of cake and pi held at the Seaford M. E. Charch on the evening of Thursday, January 23, at 7:46 o'clock. There wilT be in¬ spirational singing and snappy ad- dresaes.
Payment of United
War Work Pledges
All paymenta of pledgee for the re¬ cent United War Work Campaign muat now be aent to Douglaaa Conb- lin, treaaurer, Mineola, L. I., the lo¬ cal officiala having closed their booka as directed by the County Organiza¬ tion.
Checks cannot now be accepted by the temporary local treasurer.
, HYMENEAL
DALKY—MONTROSS Mrii. A. Daley of 145 Weat 90th Street. New York, former 'reaident ot Baldwin annauncea the engagement of her daughter, Ethel, to Auatin Mon¬ tross of South Grove Street, Froeport
RANDALL—HENDERSON 1 Mn. Edna Raynor Randall, of thia village, and William C. Henderaon of Jamaica were married on the aiteiK' noon ot New Year'a Day at the M. B, Panonage. Mr. and Mrs. HendoMMS will reaide in Rielnnoiid Hill, to wUeh place the bride recently mored wit|| her family.